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Letters Patent No. 96,397 dated November 2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred 'bovin tholeLetters Patent and making part of the Same.

which my invention may be distinguished from others. ofa similar class, together with such parts-as I claim,

and desire to secure. by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to that class of wash-boilers in which currents of water are made to fiow from the bottom to the top, and. to certain moditications in the details of the same, whereby the water, after rising through the tlues of conduction, is thrown in and upon a revolving wheel, containing the clothing to he cleansed, imparting rotary motion to the same, and throwing a constant stream of water thereon.

In the :ncomimnying plate of drawings, which illustrates my invention, and forms a part of this specification thereof- Figure l is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a vertical sect-ion.

A represents the outer shell of the boiler.

B is a secondary bottom, having the lid or door C and the valve D.

The lid or door C is provided with a pivoted lever, D, which catches in niches in thesides of the shell of the boiler', and secures the said door tirmly in position.

E is an overshot wheel, with buckets F. A portion of theperiphery of the wheel is hinged at the point, marked G,-and provided with a catch, at the point marked H', thus constituting a door, which may -be opened for the receptionl ot' clothes, and afterward shut, and secured in position, when the wheel is put in motion.

The axis of the wheel is a perforated cylinder, H, into which water is ejected froni the cylindrical flue I. Thel said cylindrical iiue passes through the shell of the boiler, and is soldered to the secondary bottom, at the point J. 1

Instead of using the perforated cylinder or shaft H, the water from the cylindrical tine may be thrown di. rectly into the wheel through the perforation, to which the said cylinder is soldered; or the said cylinder may be cut ott' at any distance from the end ofthe same at which the water enters, instead of extending entirely through the wheel,'in order to facilitate the removal of the clothes.

K represents the flue for conducting the upward v current.of water, and throwing it upon thewheel.

V is a. valve, which may be secured to the under side of the boiler, in the manner deemed most convenient.

L' is the water-reservoir, made of such a form as may be required to tit the stove made use of.

X is a crank, by means of which the wheel may bev revolveth-when it is necessary to accelerate the motion otl thesame.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, I will proceed to indicate its operation.

The clothes to be washed having been placed within the wheel E, the reservoir L is filled with water, and the lid C closed, and secured in position by means of the lever-catch D. Heat is then appliedl to the'boiler, in the usual manner, and, when the point of ebullition is reached, the "alve'V will be, firmly closed by the pressure evolved, and the water is forced upward through the tine K,-in the direction indicated hy the I v darts upon the wheel D; and, having impartaJr motion to -the said wheel, the water falls upon the secondary bottom ofthe boiler, and returns to the reservoir throughthe valve V, which opens upon the lcss'ening of the pressure withinthe reservoir. I The water is a-lso forced upward, through the cylindrical pipe I, into the perforated cylinder H, and'gushes, through the peltbrations of the cylinder, upon the clothes, which are being rotated within the wheel.

Having thus described the combination and operation of my invention, I will set forth my lc1.lim in the following clauses:

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The wheel E, with the buckets F, and perforated cylinder H, in combination with the iiue K, when arranged and operated substantially as described.

2. The reservoir L, with the door O and valve V, in combination with the tlnes K and I and perforated cylinder H, when arranged as herein described.

3. The combination aml arrangement of the wheel E, valves K and I, pertbrated cylinder H, and secondary bottom B, substantially as desti-Ebel.

JOHN D. connue.

WVitnesses: v

JOHN M. LoNGsrnn'rH, A. J. MERRIMAN. 

